This newly opened park was the highlight of Micaela’s Christmas break. It was fun to watch the kids practice their tricks in the skateboard park. As I witnessed one skateboard safe, I wondered how many skateboards end-up in the water never to be recovered. Micaela enjoyed riding her Razor in the park, and she has asked for a skateboard.

It was a girls’ day out, and we spent it hiking and wildlife watching in Myakka River Park, Sarasota, FL (http://www.myakkariver.org/index.php). We took the boat ride and watched alligators, birds, and fish-jumping and splashing our feet. We went on a nature and canopy walk in the park and tried alligator bites. The alligator bites were gooey.